Daily Spiritual Insights from Swami Ji's Teachings
God equally pervades the entire universe – ‘maya tatamidam sarvam’ (Gita 9/4), ‘Samoham Sarvabhooteshu’ (Gita 9/29). If a striver wants to attain Him, he should not think of anything. He, Who is all-pervading, cannot be thought of. If we don’t think of anything, we are naturally established in God. Therefore the main spiritual discipline to […]
The Lord declares – मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना। (Gita 9/4) ‘All this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest form’. A ‘Murti’ (deity) is that which has a form and an ‘Avyakta Murti’ is that which has no form. As God is ‘Avyakta Murti’ (formless), so is a striver formless – अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते। (Gita […]
That which conduces an action to its completion, that which gives rise to an action is called a “kārak” (Doership). In “Doerships” (kārakas), the “Doer” (kartā), the nominative is important; because all actions depend on the doer (kartā). Acts of doing (kārakas) are only aids (supporters) in the accomplishment of actions, but the “Doer” is […]
God-realization is very easy. There is no other work that is as easy as this. However, there must be longing, want of only God and nothing else. Because there is none at all that is like God. Just like God is One, unique, undivided, whole, single without another (ananya), similarly want of God must also […]
God has bestowed upon ‘Jeev‘ (embodied soul), this human body, so that it may attain salvation. From this viewpoint, this human life is in fact only for engaging in spiritual disciplines “saadhanyoni“. Simply by following one’s spiritual disciplines, man can attain salvation, he can be liberated from the shackles of birth and death cycle. Why […]
To LISTEN to AUDIO – Click HERE God out of His grace has bestowed upon us this human body so that we may attain salvation. Besides attaining salvation, this human birth has no need, purpose, object, use or concern whatsoever. This body, wealth-possessions, property-house, wife-son etc. whatever worldly things that are there, they all-in-all are […]